Broom-sewing needle.



J. B. EAGLESTON.

BROOM SEWING NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED Ammo. 1914.

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BROGM-SEWNG NEEDLE.

Application led April 20, 1914;.

T0 all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. EAGLESTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orient, in the county of Pickaway and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Broom- Sewing Needles, of which the following is a speci.- cation.

The obj ect of this invention is to provide an improved device of simple construction for sewing brooms whereby among other advantages time is saved in the manipulation of the cord.

The invention is embodied in the construction herein shown and described, the tea-- ture of novelty being claimed at the end oi' the description.

In the accompanying drawing-Figure l is a view in side elevation showing the handle in longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the position of the parts when the needle has been pushed or thrust with la thread through a broom. Fig. 3 illustrates the position of the parts after the needle has drawn a thread from the opposite side or" the broom. Fig. l is an end view ot the needle and thread clamping sleeve thereon.

In the views 5 designates the needle which is mounted ixedly on one end ot' a suitable hollow handle 6. The needle consists of a thin flat blade pointed at its `free end and having a dove-tailed notch or eye 5a in one edge near its pointed end.

7 designates a sleeve which denominate a clamp or grab, said sleeve being slidable upon the needle. This sleeve 7 is provided with a stem 8 that extends through the handle and a stop plate 9 on the rear end of the handle said stem being provided at its eX- tremity with a stop button 8a to abut against the plate 9 to limit the outward thrust ofthe sleeve. In the cavity of the handle is a coil spring 10 that abuts at one end against the plate 9 and at the other end against a button Sb on the stem. The spring l() tends normally to press the sleeve Jforward on the needle so as to close the eye thereof, the position of the stop button 8a determiningl such eye-closing position when the parts are free. passes neXt the notch a forwardly pro]ect ing nose as seen at 7 1 to overreach a thread Specication of Letters Patent.

The sleeve 7 has at that side which' Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

SerialNo. 833,027.

laid in the eye and press the same toward the forward corner of the eye. lThis construction also tends to prevent accidental removal of the thread.

11 designates a yoke on the rear end of the handle to form a guard to prevent interference with the operation of the stem.

ln Fig. 2 is illustrated how a thread is pushed through a broom to'be sewed. ln this operation the rear wall of the eye acts on the thread.

ln Fig. 3 is depicted how a thread is drawn from the opposite side of the broom. In pushing the thread through the broom the sleeve is obstructed or stopped by the face of the broom, as shown in Fig. 2, and the thread is easily removed to be placed in the eye afterv the needle has been thrust through a fresh place'in the broom but without thread. `When, however, a thread is drawn through the broom, as last stated, the sleeve automatically grabs or clamps the loop of the thread upon its emergence from the broom and the same is ready for a I further pushing through as seen in Fig. 2. In this construction the thread is clamped as it is drawn from the broom whateverbe the thickness of the thread.

The parts are susceptible of modification as to form without departing from the gist of the invention as claimed.

Vhat I claim is:

1. A broom sewing device comprising,`in combination, a needle having a thread-receiving eye, a clamping sleeve slidable on the needle, and a spring tending normally to move the sleeve into thread clamping position.

2. A broom sewing device comprising, in combination, a handle, a needle mounted.l thereon, said needle having a thread-receiving eye, a clamping sleeve slidable on the needle, and a spring tending normally toy move the sleeve into thread clamping position.

3. A broom sewing device comprising, in combination, a hollow handle, a needle mounted thereon, said needle having a thread-receiving eye, a clamping sleeve vslidable on the needle, and a spring in the cav ity of the handle normally actuating the sleeve to movey the same into thread clamping position.

4. A broom sewing device Comprising, in operating With said upwardly and rearcombumtion, a needle having a thi'ead-ie- Wai'diy inclined Wall.

ceiviiw eye with in upWm-di and remwai'dl; inclined Wall, a Clamping' sleeve slid- JOSEPH B' EAGLESTON' ing on the needle and a spring tending nor Witnesses:

maily to move the sleeve into thread clamp BENJAMIN FINCKEL,

ing position, said sleeve having a nose co- ADIN MARTINO.

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